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  1. Articles like this... on Murdoch Says E-Book Prices Will Kill Paper Books · · Score: 1

    Make me want to detonate a global EMP.

  2. OK on Craig Mundie Wants "Internet Driver's Licenses" · · Score: 1

    Does Microsoft have a license for IE?

  3. Re:So what on Google and NSA Teaming Up · · Score: 1

    Thank you for the clarification, re routing is the wrong term, mirroring is a better term.

  4. Re:So what on Google and NSA Teaming Up · · Score: 1

    By monitor I mean "filter" (and you can filter everything and store what trips the filters) in other words looking for specific things, but I'm no expert so I can't really say what they're doing.

  5. It's a variant of "Instinctive Shooting" on Why the First Cowboy To Draw Always Gets Shot · · Score: 2, Informative

    Basically if you have trained and know your weapon you fire faster if you don't think about it, it's a reflex thing and I have personally experienced the accuracy portion of this, meaning; if I know my rifle I can shoot without little or no thought/concentration and I am generally more accurate.

  6. So what on Google and NSA Teaming Up · · Score: 2, Informative

    ATT routes all (yes all) their traffic thru the NSA
    http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2007/11/ex-att-employee-nsa-snooping-internet-traffic-too.ars

    This move from Google is more political the security oriented.

  7. Re:And when it fails... on Military's Robotic Pack Mule Gets $32M Boost · · Score: 1

    Sounds good to me, lets ask the soldiers sent to Iraq with little or no body armor, and poorly armored humvees, see what they think of a robot dog rattling away like a broken vespa.

  8. Re:Is it possible? on IE 8 Is Top Browser, Google Chrome Is Rising Fast · · Score: 1

    How would Google benefit from that? M$ benefits financially if its browser is perceived as #1.

  9. Re:And when it fails... on Military's Robotic Pack Mule Gets $32M Boost · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Soldiers recover, and they are trained for the workout, machines break down and that dog is loud as fuck when it's running even with a muffler...no parts to repair = 400+ pounds of junk, stick with the human soldier.

  10. And when it fails... on Military's Robotic Pack Mule Gets $32M Boost · · Score: 1

    it becomes a 400+ pound burden.

  11. Is it possible? on IE 8 Is Top Browser, Google Chrome Is Rising Fast · · Score: 1

    To spoof this information? Could you have a bank of servers trolling the net giving unique browser identification information on each unique page hit, there by giving the impression that a browser is more popular than it really is.

    I could see Microsoft doing exactly that.

  12. Re:Not really on Boot Camp Finally Supports Windows 7 On Macs · · Score: 1

    I'm aware of what it is, however the patch was to get rid of the issue in addition my internal speakers and headphones did not work, so you're wrong it was not "working".
    So much for Win 7 support.

  13. Not really on Boot Camp Finally Supports Windows 7 On Macs · · Score: 1

    A clean install of Win 7 and the 3.1 package gave me no audio, a red light from the audio port (the opposite of what it was alleged to do) and no iSight, on further inspection in device manager there is also something called "coprocessor" that is not installed.
    I got audio to work with drivers from Realtek, but no solution to the iSight issue or what the mysterious "coprocessor" is.

    I don't know for sure but I would guess if you upgrade from Vista this most likely isn't an issue, I just never upgrade Windows OS's, always do a fresh install.

  14. Laff... on iPad Is a "Huge Step Backward" · · Score: 1

    This is the last place anyone should complain about the iPad being locked down, it will be hacked, and sooner or later a linux variant will appear so you can do what you want with it.
    The author should quit crying, or more likely, quite trying to gain readership by hopping on or hyping up the "I hate the iPad" crowd, ffs it hasn't even been released.

  15. Fascinating on Darwinian Evolution Considered As a Phase · · Score: 1

    As to the vector for horizontal transmission of genetic material how about viruses?

  16. OK on Evidence Weakens That China Did the Recent Cyberattacks · · Score: 1

    What other nation or group has motivation for hacking into human rights organizations for Tibet and China? Who else would see that as a threat?

  17. uh huh on Bach Launches Updated MP3 Format · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sounds like a perfect vector for malware, and (glances at watch) it's hacked....next!!!

  18. Re:Yes on Colliding Particles Can Make Black Holes After All · · Score: 1

    LOL you guys are brutal.

  19. Re:Yes on Colliding Particles Can Make Black Holes After All · · Score: 1

    Didn't they say prior to this article that it wasn't even possible?

  20. Yes on Colliding Particles Can Make Black Holes After All · · Score: 1

    This would explain why people from the future are trying to stop (not my idea), I do wonder "how stable is the black hole?" "could it fall thru to the center of the planet? Or evaporate after existing momentarily"

    This sort of experimentation seems better suited in deep space than on the planet if the answer to #2 is yes.

  21. Re:Deep breaths here people on Obama DOJ Sides With RIAA Again In Tenenbaum · · Score: 1

    "they're just doing their jobs" Nuremberg...

  22. Re:To little to late on Microsoft To Ship Emergency IE Patch · · Score: 1

    WHy are you using Windows 95? Get a linux variant. (did I miss the joke?)

  23. To little to late on Microsoft To Ship Emergency IE Patch · · Score: 1

    And what's going to happen to all those "IE only" web sites the government, public schools and other agencies like to use?

  24. Re:The Death of Movies on James Cameron On How Avatar Technology Could Keep Actors Young · · Score: 1

    But we know it when we see it don't we? And computers can not emulate that to a satisfactory end.

  25. Benito would approve.